2012 Space Camp Hall of Fame – All Aboard

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The final two inductees in the 2012 Space Camp Hall of Fame class were announced this morning live on national television.

Marcia Lindstrom, Director of Education at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center,  accompanied by Astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson and Al Roker, surprised The Weather Channel’s Stephanie Abrams live on the air with the news that she had been chosen to be inducted into Space Camp Hall of Fame as an outstanding former alumnus of Space Camp.

After Hoot was done with his congratulations, Marcia then pivoted quickly to inform him that he too had been selected for this year’s induction ceremony!

Local members of the Space Camp Hall of Fame were on hand, as were Space Camp staff and counselors to provide support and congratulations to the newly announced inductees.

For your viewing pleasure, the clip is available at The Weather Channel:

 

The 2012 Space Camp Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony takes place on June 15, 2012 as part of the 30th Anniversary of Space Camp’s celebration weekend.  More details can be found–and tickets can be purchased–at Space Camp’s 30th Anniversary website.  See you there!

2012 Hall of Fame, 2 Announced

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Ballots have long since been cast, and the 2012 Space Camp Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is little more than a month away!

Today, two of the 2012 inductees were notified when they went to work this morning.  That was easy enough, because they both work at the Johnson Space Center!

Both were chosen in the Alumni category of the Hall of Fame:

  • Ed Van CiseEd Van Cise NASA Official Photo

 

  • Liz WarrenLiz Warren in front of Pad 39B

Ed is a Flight Director for the International Space Station, while Liz Warren is an Operations Lead for the ISS Medical Project.

You can get to know Ed better by reading his Twitter feed.  And Liz at her Twitter feed.

And good news travels fast!  Word of Liz and Ed’s notification even made its way into space!

Astronaut Don Pettit, from 150 miles up, made time to congratulate the two!

I think we can all echo Don’s sentiment, extending congratulations to Ed and Liz!  Well done!

“SpaceCamp 2” gets Official Title

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Citing this story over at deadline.com, The Huntsville Times is reporting that actor Thomas Horn, star of the recently overlooked but fantastic film, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, has landed the role in the upcoming Space Camp movie.

Space Warriors.

USSRC CEO Deborah was quoted in the article as saying that the script for Space Warriors is “intellectual” and “quite good.”

That remains to be seen of course.  Whether or not Space Warriors is any good shouldn’t matter too much though.  Featuring Space Camp in any movie–even a bad one–is certainly good for publicity.  After A Smile as Big as the Moon proved to be a good film both despite the fact and because it was filmed at Space Camp means Space Warriors has some pretty big shoes to fill.

Filming starts soon.

Hall of Fame Nominations – One Week Left

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Space Camp Hall of Fame LogoNominations for the sixth annual Space Camp Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony are due in one week!

If you have someone in mind, or think you might have someone in mind, head on over to the Space Camp Hall of Fame website.

On the site, you can read up on what criteria are considered when choosing Hall of Fame members.  If you know someone you just know deserves to be recognized you can nominate them!

This is going to be a fantastic ceremony.

We are in the midst of Space Camp’s 30th year of operation.  This year’s entries will be inducted on a truly auspicious evening.

The official 30th Anniversary weekend takes place June 14-16.  The induction ceremony shall be held on Friday, June 15, 2012.  There are many individuals at Space Camp hard at work to make the weekend a very memorable one, befitting of 30 years of training the planet’s astronauts, scientists, engineers, and teachers.

19 Alumni and Counting

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Over the course of many years, the Vazzo family has managed to bring the total number of Space Camp sessions attended collectively to 8.

The Duggar family has bested us by 11 (13, if you count the parents). And it only took them a week!

Tune in on Tuesday to the TLC network and you can see the episode of “19 Kids and Counting” filmed at Space Camp this past September.

Go here for the story at al.com. That article had a really interesting bit:

originally scheduled to be a small segment at the end of an episode about the family rebuilding houses of tornado victims in the Birmingham area. But the family’s Space Camp experience will make up an entire episode of the show.

Why wouldn’t it? Space Camp’s way cooler (and far less depressing for television) than showing the number of lives damaged by massive tornado activity.

That’s Right, Woodchuck-Chuckers! It’s…

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Alabama Gives Day!

In an effort to raise money for many worthy non-profits in the great state of Alabama, has declared today as “Alabama Gives Day.”

If A Smile as Big as the Moon showed us anything, it’s that there are plenty of worthy kids that can’t make it to Space Camp without a little help. You can help!

Alabama Gives - USSRC Graphic

Of course, you can donate any time $10 at a time at the Space Camp Store’s Scholarship Page. I would be remiss not to mention that the Space Camp Hall of Fame inductees have sponsored a scholarship as well, and that you could choose to donate to that fund, specifically, if you wanted.

And don’t let the “$899 sends a child…” verbiage scare you. Every little bit helps. Even one dollar. It may be a cliché, but if every Space Camp alumnus just contributed one dollar…

Update: $1,200 dollars were donated via the Alabama Gives site, including one person that donated an entire tuition! Not too shabby!

HabFiles Update: 1988 Space Camp Brochure

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Watching “A Smile as Big as the Moon,” you no doubt saw that the 1988 Space Camp brochure acted as the initial catalyst to start Coach Kersjes and his kids on their marvelous adventure.

But this isn’t what the 1988 brochure looked like:

John Corbett holding the 1988 "brchure" in the movie, A Smile as Big as the Moon
The brochure was, in fact, a full 5.5″ x 8.5″ (14cm x 21.5cm) booklet highlighting all of the available Space Camp programs:

1988 Space Camp Brochure - Cover

Keep clicking through the pages below to see the rest of it!

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Huntsville Premiere Bings Smiles

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After showings in Houston, Grand Rapids, MI, and Los Angeles, the Smile as Big as the Moon premiere train made another successful stop in Huntsville last night.  And, oh, what a night!

They rolled out the red carpet, and Huntsville showed up!  The event was a fine, fancy evening.  Attendess to the premiere could have their picture taken, and those involved in the film were good enough to give interviews.  Here is a photo of Scott Goudy being interviewed.  Scott was played in the movie by actor Logan Huffman.  Logan was also at the Huntsville premiere.

Scott Goudy being Interviewed on the Red Carpet

As guests mingled and munched on hors d’oeuvres, costumes and materials from the movie were on display.  Here is Louise Linton’s counselor costume (for shame that they didn’t use the old, circa 80’s blue shorts in the movie), and an outfit for actress Cynthia Watros who played Dr. Deborah Barnhart in the film.

Costumes from A Smile as Big as the Moon on Display

As everyone filed into their seats, highlights from LA premiere played on the screen.

The Audience Takes their Seats while highlights from the LA Premiere Show

After the credits rolled and the standing ovation ran its course, some involved in the film took to the stage to discuss the movie and story.

It really was a wonderful night.  Even better, it came with a cherry on top!  Those attending got to take home a swag bag filled with a copy of the recently reissued A Smile as Big as the Moon book, signed by author Mike Kersjes, a small poster promoting the movie, and a copy of the movie itself ahead of its scheduled broadcast tonight!

Doggie bags given out with a signed copy of the book and a DVD of the movie

You can also check out The Huntsville Times for their take on the night, along with more photos from the event!